Nikhil Singhvi has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of complex litigation and trial practice, government and internal investigations, and compliance counseling. Nick’s practice covers complex advertising, consumer protection, and financial services matters. Specifically, he advises clients on advertising compliance and substantiation, auto renewals, fintech, fair lending, data privacy and security, lead generation, and related advertising and consumer protection enforcement and regulatory matters.
Nick previously served as Assistant Director in the Division of Financial Practices in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where he supervised investigations and litigation of a wide range of consumer protection enforcement matters, including several brought in conjunction with other federal and state law enforcement partners. In this role, Nick supervised groundbreaking cases and investigations, including two auto finance matters that resurrected the agency’s fair lending enforcement program, an investigation of potentially discriminatory effects of algorithm-based advertising, and investigations, targeting, and education outreach in the fintech and cryptocurrency space. His matters covered a wide range of statutes and regulations, including the FTC Act, ECOA, TILA, CLA, FCRA, GLB Act, Telemarketing Sales Rule, Credit Practices Rule, Holder Rule, and state law.
Prior to his appointment as Assistant Director at the FTC, Nick investigated and litigated consumer finance, advertising, debt collection, and lead generation matters as a staff attorney. In FTC v. AMG Services, Nick won three summary judgment opinions at different stages of the case, including a precedent-setting decision confirming the FTC’s jurisdiction over tribal businesses in a case of first impression and culminating in the FTC’s largest-ever consumer recovery ($505 million) in a litigated matter.